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Last chance to save fish stocks

THE collapse of our fish stocks is no longer a distant nightmare. It is a present reality. Rich fishing grounds such as Canada’s Grand Banks now yield no catch at all. In the English Channel, the North Sea and the Baltic, many stocks are in terminal decline. As our traditional fishing areas become less productive so effort moves further afield and the markets of the rich take fish that was destined for the poor, for whom it is the only source of protein.

All around the world indigenous fishermen find their livelihoods threatened as pirates scoop up the harvest of the sea. Somehow, we have to stop the destruction before it is too late.

That is why we are all supporting the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as the only global initiative that enables the power of the market to be used to make fishing more sustainable and to ensure that